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CHARLES WILLIAM WALSTROM, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO MINNE-APOLIS BEDDING COMPANY, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, A CORPORATION OFMINNESOTA.

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Application filed June 5,

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. WAL- srRoM, a citizen of the UnitedStates, resident of Minneapolis, county of Hennepin, State ol Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cribs, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of cribs in which one side isarranged to move vertically, being lowered for convenience in makingupthe bed or placing a child therein, and raised when the crib is in useto prevent the child from accidentally falling out.

A further and particular object is to provide a supporting means for theside of the crib which will permit it to be easily and quickly raised'orlowered without the use of bolts, latches or spring-actuated devices ofany kind.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the following detaileddescription.

The invention consists generally in various constructions andcombinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,

Figure l is a perspective view of a childs crib embodying my invention,

Figure 2 is a detail view, showing the side of the crib, raised orlowered position being indicated by dotted lines,

Figure 3 is a similar view taken on a line at right angles substantiallyto the view- 4 4 of Figure 2.

Figure 4C is a sectional view on the line M of Figure 2,

In the drawing, 2 represents the end rails of the crib, 3 the posts orlegs supported by suitable casters, 4 the fixed side of the crib and 5and 6 the. top and bottom rails of a movable side connected by spindles7. The legs 3 on that side of the crib have upright rods 8 securedthereto, the lower ends of the rods being bent at an angle, as indicatedat 9, and inserted into the legs a suitable distance, providing a spacebetween the rods and the surface of the leg.

At the top the rods are bent to form a loop 10 substantially U-shaped,one arm of the U having its end inserted into a socket in the post at11, thereby supporting the upper end of the rod and holding it in itsproper position with respect to the leg. The

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rods are bent outwardly, as shown in Figure 3, from their middle portiontoward their top, so that the end of the loop will be in the middle ofthe leg in alignment substantially with the lower end so that when theside of the crib is raised to its supporting position, the two sideswill be in the same relative position with respect to the ends of thecrib and present a neat symmetrical appearance.

The rails 5 and 6 have longitudinal sockets 12 in their end portions andbolts 18 fit loosely within these sockets and have eyes 14 to receivethe rods 8 and slide vertically thereon.

Near the middle of the rods I prefer to provide a stop 15 preferably ofrubber, which forms a rest for the eye-bolt of the upper rail and atthis point a suitable connection 16 is provided between the rods and thelegs and thereby the middle` portions of the rods will be braced andsupported.

When the side of the crib is in its lowered position, the upper boltswill rest on these stops, as indicated in Figure 1, and when the side ofthe crib is raised, the upper eye-bolts will pass over the loops in theupper ends of the rods, the bolts turning in their sockets to permitthis movement and when the bolts have passed over the U-shaped loops,they will rest upon the ends inserted into the legs at that point andthereby the side of the crib will be held in its raised position and itwill be imposible for it to become loosened and fall unless the side isfirst raised so that the upper bolts will pass over the U-loops, andthis raising movement can not possibly be done by a child in the criband there will, therefore, be no danger of the crib side becomingaccidentally loosened and falling and permitting injury to the child.

It will be noted from an examination of Figure l that a relativelongitudinal movement of the eye-bolt shank and the crib side ispermitted and this is essential to the successful operation of thedevice, for it allows the eye-bolt to follow the curves of the guide rodwithout any danger of binding or cramping thereon. Furthermore, shouldthe rod at any time become slightly distorted or bent out of its properposition, the eye-bolts will still be free to follow the rod withoutinterfering in any way with Lmaking of the crib bed.

I am able with this arrangement to eliminate all spring latches or otherdevices which arel unreliable and may easily get out of order. i

I claim as -my invention:

1. The combinationwith a crib, of vguideI rods mounted thereon andhaving loops Y formed therein, a crib side having sockets,

eye-bolts mounted to slide on said rods and having Shanks to enter saidsockets, said cribside and said shanks having a Vrelative i longitudinalmovement to allow said bolts to follow said guide rods without bindingor cramping thereon.

2. The combination with a crib, of guide rods mounted thereon and havingloops formed therein, a crib side having upper and lower rails andlongitudinal sockets in the ends thereof, bolts having eyes to slide onsaid rods and Shanks fittingloosely within the sockets of said rails,lsaid rails and said shanks having a relative Ylongitudinal movement toprevent binding or cramping of said bolts on said guide rods.VY

3. The combination with a crib, of guide rods mountedY thereon andhaving loops -ormed therein, a crib side, eyebolts mounted to slide onsaid rods and having Shanks mounted in said crib side for relative'longtudinal movement with respect thereto whereby binding or cramping ofsaid bolts onsaid guide rods is prevented. Y Y Y In witness whereof, Ihave hereunto set my hand this .31st day o May, 1922.

CHARLES WILLIAM WALSTROM.

